The Purification of Saint Mary the virgin.

CXXXVIII.

THY temple visit, Lord,

Thine Israel to blefs;

By waiting saints be thou adored,
O Christ our righteousness.

Now whisper in our breast
Sweet words of holy cheer,

How they who on thy promise rest

Shall find thee ever near.

And bid us seek above

The mansions fair and new;

Where eye shall see, and heart shall love,

What faith has counted true.

Let us in peace depart

To that bright realm of joy;
Made evermore e'en as thou art,
All pure from sin's alloy.

From all the heavenly host,

And church redeemed from woe,

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Let endless praises flow. Amen.

The Annunciation of the Blessed virgin Mary.

W

CXXXIX.

ITH joy was heard the ancient seer,
While thus the wondrous promise ran,

A virgin shall conceive, and bear

A son,

Emmanuel, God with man.

With joy we hear the angel bring

His answering message from the sky,
Hail, virgin pure, from whom shall spring
A son, the Son of God most high.

Blest Lord, who didst not scorn below
As Son of man with man to dwell;
And us the Father's glory shew,
As Son of God, Emmanuel :

Now for our sakes incarnate made,
Thy perfect godhead here we own,
Or in a lowly form arrayed,

Or partner of the Father's throne.

We lift our hearts, O Lord, to thee,
And thine eternal Name adore,

The Three in One, the One in Three,

From this time forth for evermore. Amen.

HYMN

CXL.

WOW let the earth with songs rejoice,

NOW

And heaven return the festal voice;

Let heaven and earth to Jesus raise,

In his apostles, hymns of praise.

Thou, in whose Name they spread the light
Of sacred truth o'er heathen night,
Chiefs of the church for evermore,

Thy glorious beams around us pour.

Thou, at whose will, in earth and heaven,
To bind or loose to them was given,
Our chains unbind, our sins remove,

So shall we perfect freedom prove.

Thou, in whose might they spake the word That wonders wrought, and health conferred, To us its healing power prolong;

Restore the sick, confirm the strong.

What time thou make thy glory known,
And them as Israel's judges throne,
With all who thy dear Name confessed
Through word of theirs pronounce us blest.

To thee, O Father, thee, O Son,
And thee, O Spirit, Three in One;
The Unity in Trinity,

All praise be everlastingly, Amen.

R

HYMN

CXLI.

EDEEMER Lord,

In true accord

Evangelists proclaim
All saving health,

All lasting wealth,

In thy most righteous Name.

Thy kingdom pure, Which shall endure For evermore, begins In them that know How here below To mortify their sins.

And they that will

Thy word fulfil,

Still seeking holy blifs,

Shall surely find

Their heart and mind

Reformed from things amifs.

All glory be,

One God, to thee,

The Father, and the Son,

And Paraclete,

As aye is meet,

While endless ages run. Amen.

L

HYMN

CXLII.

ET the church new anthems raise, Wake the morn with gladness; God himself to joy and praise

Turns the martyrs' sadness:
Blest the day that won their crown,
Opened heaven's bright portal;
As they laid the mortal down,
And put on the immortal.

Strong in faith they met the flame,
And the torture ever;
Vain the foeman's sharpest aim,
Satan's best endeavour:

For they saw the promised land,
Decked in all its glory;
Where triumphant now they stand,

With the victor's story.

Up, and follow, Christian men,
Prefs through toil and sorrow;
Spurn the night of fear, and then
Hail the joyful morrow:
Glory to the Father, Son,
And lifegiving Spirit;

To the blessed Three in One

Endless praise and merit.

Amen.